The daily "I cycled to work" thread

[colin79666]

Cycled into work for the first time yesterday. 11 miles in, 10 back (slightly different route). Beats the bus by a good 15-20 mins

[uncinqsix]

uncinqsix said:

TheAllSeeingPie said:

Awesome! So you'll be up and rolling around again soon?

Should be able to get everything sorted on Thursday for Friday's commute. I'm away for the next few days anyway, so no rush

Up and running with nice new wheels - went in on them on Friday. They do seem to feel a little better than the old ones. The freehub is rather noisy (almost like a Hope), which I quite like and should be useful for waking up pedestrians on my morning descent down the shared path

[anonymous-user]

uncinqsix said:

Up and running with nice new wheels - went in on them on Friday. They do seem to feel a little better than the old ones. The freehub is rather noisy (almost like a Hope), which I quite like and should be useful for waking up pedestrians on my morning descent down the shared path

Ooo I really like that. A great colour too.

[uncinqsix]

RenOHH said:

Ooo I really like that. A great colour too.

It's quite a good little all-weather commuter. It loses a little of its original "stealthiness" with the branding on the new wheels though

2013 Giant Seek 2 if you're wondering.

[Vocal Minority]

Beautiful morning - crisper than a bag of crisps.

The base layer has been broken out though.

[S10GTA]

colin79666 said:

Cycled into work for the first time yesterday. 11 miles in, 10 back (slightly different route). Beats the bus by a good 15-20 mins

Well done. Won't be long and you'll be kicking yourself if you can't ride for some reason.

[AyBee]

Vocal Minority said:

Beautiful morning - crisper than a bag of crisps.

The base layer has been broken out though.

Base layer for me too (and arm warmers) Hoping they're not back for good!

Did smile to myself as a RLJ tried to follow a lorry he thought was about to jump a red. Needless to say the lorry didn't jump the red and the cyclist ended up skidding himself to a stop very close to the back of it

[MC Bodge]

I returned to commuting after my holidays today. I had fitted new rear wheel bearings and re-fitted the drop bars to my cyclocross bike, but still had the off-road tyres on, which felt like pedalling through treacle above 18mph. I might do an off road variation on the way home to make use of the tyres.

[SteveSteveson]

Nice morning this morning. A little chilly but a nice clear day... Tonight may not be so nice. Hopefully it will have cleared by 5.

Hell27 said:

Droylesden death trap tram tracks!

fking trams. fking stupid tram tracks. fking lethal. Stupid things to have in the road.

[TwistingMyMelon]

Did a century Saturday and was finding dehydration an issue due to the heat and lack of bottle refill places

This morning was about 10 degrees, 20 degrees different from Saturday!!

Nice ride in back on the claptrap heavy rigid mtb, was like late October lots of mud and damp everywhere, nice enough ride though enjoyed not having to give a st about the potholes and ability to use quiet tracks

[MC Bodge]

MC Bodge said:

I might do an off road variation on the way home to make use of the tyres.

Scrap that, it threw it down with rain earlier...

[Hrimfaxi]

It's one thing to be seen on a bike, but if the drivers actually even look is another thing.

Bloke pulled out on me at a junction, without so much as a glance to his right. Ironically, he was driving a Focus.

[M3John]

All this rain over the last few days has been quite frustrating as I've been wanting to get out on the bike.
.....and no rule #9 jibes please.

[TheAllSeeingPie]

M3John said:

All this rain over the last few days has been quite frustrating as I've been wanting to get out on the bike.
.....and no rule #9 jibes please.

What rain?

[MC Bodge]

M3John said:

All this rain over the last few days has been quite frustrating as I've been wanting to get out on the bike.
.....and no rule #9 jibes please.

It hasn't stopped me...

[anonymous-user]

I've been out too. Cycled to work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Gotta suck it up!

[m444ttb]

Three days commuting into the week and I've got very wet six times. Bikes has decided to make some sort of crappy noise on the way home today too. Tomorrow is driving day thankfully.

[Steve vRS]

Arm warmers this morning. That beckons the start of Autumn. Before long it will be tights and winter jerseys as well

Steve

[anonymous-user]

uncinqsix said:

It's quite a good little all-weather commuter. It loses a little of its original "stealthiness" with the branding on the new wheels though

2013 Giant Seek 2 if you're wondering.

It's a Giant as well?! I think I'm in love!

My old hardtail MTB that I've converted to a hybrid/city bike is almost the same in terms of spec, but that's a lovely frame/fork.

On a different subject, yesterday I broke the 1000 mile mark for commutes to work. Since April 22nd (18 weeks ago) I have ridden to/from work 50 times It's been a good summer of riding. I wonder much I can keep it going throughout the winter months though.

Edited by RenOHH on Thursday 27th August 09:29

[S10GTA]

Steve vRS said:

Arm warmers this morning. That beckons the start of Autumn. Before long it will be tights and winter jerseys as well

Steve

I don't think I've ridden without a gilet more than about 5 times this year